Improvement in tables



WILLIAM HO'ESEQ Improvement in Tabls.

Patefited Jan. 30, 1872.

mv EN'TOR.

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IMPROVEMENT IN TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,172, dated J annary30, 1872.

justable standard having an extended foot.

Description of the Accompanying :Drawt'ng.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the table embodying my invention. Fig. 2is that end of the table which is at the right hand in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows a sectional elevation on the line ofrc m, Fig. 1.

General Description.

A is the top of my table, which is in three parts, a b 0, and can beregulated by movable brackets, 61. a c are the leaves,'and can be letdown, as shown in Fig. 2. b is the part left level. B is the bridge uponwhich the top A rests, and into which the shaft D is fastened. O is thestandard, made hollow, (containing a spiral. spring when preferred,) inwhich standard runs the shaft or rest D, by means of which shaft or restand a set-screw or equivalent the top is secured when raised or loweredto the desired height. E is a set-screw or equivalent fastened into thestandard 0, and which setscrew or equivalent lets into the shaft orrest 1) for the purpose aforesaid. F is the extended foot of my table.61 d are movable brackets fastened on the bridge B, which brackets, whenextended, secure thetop level, and when turned back against the bridgelet the leaves down, as above described.

Claim.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a reading-desk or table, the combinationof the top A in three parts, a b c, with the bridge B, movable bracketsd d, and shaft D, all constructed substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the devices of the first claim, of the standard0 and screw E, or equivalent, and extended foot F, allconstructedsubstantially as described.

- WILHELM HOESE.

Witnesses:

STILLMAN K. FISK, WM. B. W. HALLETT.

